Obs. rare–1. [OE. (ʓe)hlæstan, f. hlæst LAST sb.2] trans. To load, burden.
[a. 900. trans. Bæda’s Hist., V. ix. (1890), 12. Mid þy heo ða þæt scip ʓehlested hefdan mid þæm þingum.]
13[?]. E. E. Allit. P., A. 1145. I loked among his meyny schene, How þay wyth lyf wern laste & lade.
